Hand Pay Slots
The setup for the slots is a five-reel game with three rows. There are 30 paylines available, and the player has to play all 30 for each game. There is also an additional 15 credit bet to pay for the included. The $1200 limit is for 'winnings' (actually a single win pay out, hence the 'hand pay' necessity), not cash outs over that amount. And this applies only to 'machines', table games and sports books are a whole. Still more would insist that no tip at all is necessary for 'handpays' under $1200. The machines are capable of being set to pay out automatically on 'jackpots' of $1199 and lower. Even on progressives.
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MrV
So I got a small hand pay Friday, and faced the old dilemna: whether to tip the cash person, and if so, how much?
FWIW I gave her $10 for a $1600 hand pay.
Just wondering how much, if any, others tip for hand pays?
FWIW I gave her $10 for a $1600 hand pay.
Just wondering how much, if any, others tip for hand pays?
MakingBook
I will tip for a hand job; but not for a hand pay.
'I am a man devoured by the passion for gambling.' --Dostoevsky, 1871
MrV
That reminds me of a joke.
What do a big spender and a leper doing a whore both have in common?
They both leave a tip when they're done.
What do a big spender and a leper doing a whore both have in common?
They both leave a tip when they're done.
sodawater
I'd give about three fiddy
tringlomane
Considering it would be my first hand pay ever, I probably be more generous than I should be, like $40 or something.
AlanMendelson
Hand Pay Slots 2015
$10 was fine for a $1600 hand pay.
Here's what I do for handpays at video poker:
$1000 or less -- nothing. Some machines do 'lock' with a $1,000 payoff and it requires a hand pay and that is ridiculous. And I tell them that when they come to pay me.
$1250 -- $10 tip.
At $2,000 -- $20 tip
At $4,000 ($1 royal) $40
At $8,000 ($2 royal) $80
$10,000 (quad aces with kicker DDB) $100 tip
$20,000 royal -- $100 tip
Three times in my life I hit progressives:
$29,000 tipped $500 including $100 to the cleaning lady who had just wiped down the machine at 4-am, wished me luck, and I hit the royal on the very next spin. I overtipped the two floor people, and I know it now -- but didn't know then. I should have given the cleaning lady the $400, and the floor people $100. Everytime I go back to Caesars the cleaning lady sees me and runs over to give me a HUG. One time it was New Years Eve and I was still in my Tuxedo at 4 in the morning, and she runs over to give me a hug saying happy new year and I have this giant hand print of cigarette ash on the back of my tux jacket. My wife and I laughed about it.
$35,000 progressive I tipped $300 to the floor people, $100 to the technician who verified the machine was OK. Yes, the caisno sent a tech to check the machine before they paid me
$36,000 progressive I tipped $200 to the floor people, $100 to the technician, $40 to the cocktail waitress who (as I was hitting the buttons) wished me good luck after I declined a drink.
Here's what I do for handpays at video poker:
$1000 or less -- nothing. Some machines do 'lock' with a $1,000 payoff and it requires a hand pay and that is ridiculous. And I tell them that when they come to pay me.
$1250 -- $10 tip.
At $2,000 -- $20 tip
At $4,000 ($1 royal) $40
At $8,000 ($2 royal) $80
$10,000 (quad aces with kicker DDB) $100 tip
$20,000 royal -- $100 tip
Three times in my life I hit progressives:
$29,000 tipped $500 including $100 to the cleaning lady who had just wiped down the machine at 4-am, wished me luck, and I hit the royal on the very next spin. I overtipped the two floor people, and I know it now -- but didn't know then. I should have given the cleaning lady the $400, and the floor people $100. Everytime I go back to Caesars the cleaning lady sees me and runs over to give me a HUG. One time it was New Years Eve and I was still in my Tuxedo at 4 in the morning, and she runs over to give me a hug saying happy new year and I have this giant hand print of cigarette ash on the back of my tux jacket. My wife and I laughed about it.
$35,000 progressive I tipped $300 to the floor people, $100 to the technician who verified the machine was OK. Yes, the caisno sent a tech to check the machine before they paid me
$36,000 progressive I tipped $200 to the floor people, $100 to the technician, $40 to the cocktail waitress who (as I was hitting the buttons) wished me good luck after I declined a drink.
teddys
Hand Pay Slots
The most fulfilling tip for me was when I hit a $2K royal at the Cannery (second line of $0.25 MultiStrike -- this one actually paid off instead of the stingy machine at El Cortez!) . The two floorpeople came over and talked with me for about 15-20 minutes. I asked them a bunch of Mike Shackleford/Michael Bluejay-esque questions about how many handpays they do an hour, how they split tips per shift -- really nosy questions. They answered everything. I think I contributed $18 to the tip pool, and they were happy about that. I hate grubby, non-talkative floor people.'Dice, verily, are armed with goads and driving-hooks, deceiving and tormenting, causing grievous woe.' -Rig Veda 10.34.4
1arrowheaddr
I would tip about half of 1%, so $10 for $1600 would be about right. I don't tip on non-W-2G handpays.
Mission146
What's a hand pay?
Just kidding, just been awhile. (June 2012)
In June I hit one for 4K and tipped $50 to each of the two people.
Just kidding, just been awhile. (June 2012)
In June I hit one for 4K and tipped $50 to each of the two people.
Asswhoopermcdaddy
Hi Alan,
I'm a little confused by part of your tipping calc. Seems like on average you tip about 1% for hand pays. Why is it when you transition from a $10k win to a $20k win that you'd tip the same amount?
BTW, I agree 1% feels about right. But if you had to hand-pay under $1000, it might feel awkward fumbling for dollars. I think $10 and up sounds about right given a starting pot of $1k and work your way up on the 1% scale.
I'm a little confused by part of your tipping calc. Seems like on average you tip about 1% for hand pays. Why is it when you transition from a $10k win to a $20k win that you'd tip the same amount?
BTW, I agree 1% feels about right. But if you had to hand-pay under $1000, it might feel awkward fumbling for dollars. I think $10 and up sounds about right given a starting pot of $1k and work your way up on the 1% scale.
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